Business & Quality Assurance Analyst

About Trout Unlimited

Trout Unlimited is a national organization with about 300,000 members and supporters organized into over 400 chapters and councils nationwide. These dedicated grassroots volunteers are matched with a respected staff of organizers, lawyers, policy experts and scientists, who work out of more than 40 offices across the country. Our mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America's cold-water fisheries and their watersheds.

Position Summary

Trout Unlimited is seeking a Business/Quality Assurance Analyst (BA/QA) for its diverse IT enterprise in order to support functions such as membership services, fundraising, grants management, volunteer operations, marketing, advocacy, and finance. The BA/QA will work across departments and technical teams to investigate, analyze, identify, define and translate business requirements into functional requirements for development and implementation. This full time position is based in Arlington, Virginia out of Trout Unlimited's National Office.

The BA/QA will be responsible for conducting the investigation, analysis, review and documentation of Trout Unlimited's business functions, processes and IT needs. Primary focus initially will be mapping data integration between systems, whether manual or automated, with the goal of efficient automation; developing use cases; monitoring and communicating progress in the development life cycle; tracking all specifications to the business requirements; providing user training; and developing user documentation. The BA/QA will develop test plans, test case scenarios, produce defect reporting, and track to successful closure. The individual will also partner with internal team members for Internal Customer Acceptance Testing (ICAT) and external clients for External Customer Acceptance Testing (ECAT) as applicable.

The BA/QA must be process-oriented and have a strong working knowledge of System Development Lifecycle and Change Management processes. Typical projects include:

Disparate system integration

Data conversions and migrations

Defining improved business processes to eliminate manual work

Implementation of COTS products

Project execution in line with the IT Strategic Plan

The candidate will have multiple opportunities to have immediate and tangible impacts on the organization.

If you are seeking a fast-paced environment within which to utilize and hone your skills–while contributing to Trout Unlimited's mission to conserve, protect and restore North America's cold water fisheries and their watersheds–this could be the position for you.

Duties and Responsibilities

Interact with the business to identify, capture and analyze business requirements

Perform gap analysis

Identify areas of process improvement

Develop functional specifications in a team environment

Derive Use Cases where appropriate

Develop and maintain traceability matrix ensuring all business requirements have been met

Work with team to elicit and manage change requests for enhancements

Develop and maintain training material and programs

Keep business aware of all changes or critical issues

Identify and analyze report requirements and provide documentation for report development